MetaJess

yes, that’s part of it! But meanings are not in minds either.They are “in” patterns of interaction that cross individuals’ boundaries

these patterns only exist as the projections of individual minds, but yes they relate the individual to (projected) systems

Not sure what you mean by “projection”. They are objectively observable: people stop when the light turns red.

they stop when their neocortices create a dream of red lights infused by relevance generated by their motivational systems

"infused by relevance" - that's meaning! And the "relevance" comes from self, from the red and from other people

Yes! It’s that interaction of self, other people, biology, and the non-human world that generates meaning.

self and "red", "other people" and "world" are generated by your brain's software, which is implemented as biology @ssica3003

Brains are certainly importantly involved! But so is the apple, or traffic light, which are not brains or software.